Vietnam War : the essential reference guide /: the essential reference guide. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James H. Willbanks, editor.
• Editors: Willbanks, James H, 1947-
• Contents: Overview of the Vietnam WarCauses of the Vietnam WarConsequences of the Vietnam WarCommunist StrategyOpposition to the WarThe Tet Offensive and the MediaU.S. Involvement in IndochinaReference EntriesAbrams, Creighton Williams, Jr. (1914–1974)African Americans in the U.S. MilitaryAirpower, Role in WarAttritionBao Dai (1913–1997)BARREL ROLL, Operation (1964–1973)Bundy, McGeorge (1919–1996)Bundy, William Putnam (1917–2000)Bunker, Ellsworth (1894–1984)Cambodian Incursion (April 29–July 22, 1970)China, People's Republic of, Policy toward VietnamCivil Operations and Revolutionary Development SupportColby, William Egan (1920–1996)Con Thien, Siege of (September 4–October 4, 1967)Containment PolicyCooper-Church AmendmentCu Chi TunnelsDak To, Battle of (June 17–November 22, 1967)Dau Tranh StrategyDien Bien Phu, Battle of (March 13–May 7, 1954)Domino TheoryEAGLE PULL, Operation (April 12, 1975)Easter Offensive (1972)FARM GATE, Operation (1961–1967)Ford, Gerald Rudolph (1913–2006)FREQUENT WIND, Operation (April 29–30, 1975)Fulbright, James William (1905–1995)Geneva Conference and Geneva Accords of 1954Goldwater, Barry Morris (1909–1998)Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 2 and 4, 1964)Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionHaig, Alexander Meigs, Jr. (1924–2010)Hamburger Hill, Battle of (May 11–20, 1969)Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969)Ho Chi Minh Campaign (April 1975)Ho Chi Minh TrailHue, Battle of (January 31–February 25, 1968)Ia Drang, Battle of (October 19–November 26, 1965)Indochina War (1946–1954)Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908–1973)JUNCTION CITY, Operation (February 22–May 4, 1967)Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917–1963)Kennedy, Robert Francis (1925–1968)Kent State University Shootings (May 4, 1970)Khe Sanh, Battle of (April–October 1967 and January–March 1968)Kissinger, Henry Alfred (1923–)Komer, Robert W. (1922–2000)Laird, Melvin Robert (1922–)LAM SON 719, Operation (February 8–March 24, 1971)LaosLe Duan (1907–1986)LINEBACKER I, Operation (May 10–October 23, 1972)LINEBACKER II, Operation (December 18–29, 1972)Lon Nol (1913–1985)MARKET TIME, Operation (1965–1972)McCarthy, Eugene Joseph (1916–2005)McNamara, Robert Strange (1916–2009)MENU, Operation (March 18, 1969–May 26, 1970)My Lai Massacre (March 16, 1968)Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963)Nguyen Van Thieu (1923–2001)Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913–1994)Paris Peace Accords (January 17, 1973)Pentagon Papers and Trial (1971)Pham Van Dong (1906–2000)Phoenix Program (1968–1972)Prisoners of War, AlliedRANCH HAND, Operation (January 12, 1962–January 7, 1971)ROLLING THUNDER, Operation (March 2, 1965–October 31, 1968)Rusk, David Dean (1909–1994)Search and DestroySihanouk, Norodom (1922–2012)STEEL TIGER, Operation (April 3, 1965–December 11, 1968)Strategic Hamlet Program (1961–1964)Taylor, Maxwell Davenport (1901–1987)Tet Offensive, Overall Strategy (January 30–March 31, 1968)Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsUnited States Congress and the Vietnam WarVann, John Paul (1924–1972)Vo Nguyen Giap (1911–)Westmoreland, William Childs (1914–2005)Primary Source DocumentsVietnamese Declaration of Independence (September 2, 1945)Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina (July 21, 1954)President Dwight Eisenhower: Letter to Ngo Dinh Diem (October 23, 1954)National Security Action Memorandum No. 328 (April 6, 1965)Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense: Excerpt from Memorandum for President Lyndon Johnson (April 21, 1965)Ho Chi Minh: Letter to Lyndon Johnson (February 15, 1967)President Lyndon Johnson: Excerpt from Address in San Antonio, Texas (September 29, 1967)General William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam: Excerpts from National Press Club Address (November 21, 1967)President Lyndon Johnson: Excerpts from Televised Address (March 31, 1968)President Richard Nixon: Excerpts from Speech on Vietnamization (November 3, 1969)President Richard Nixon: Excerpts from Speech on Cambodia (April 30, 1970)Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor: Excerpt from News Conference (October 26, 1972)President Richard Nixon: Letter to President Nguyen Van Thieu (November 14, 1972)Excerpt from Paris Peace Agreement (January 27, 1973)Vietnam War ChronologyBibliographyEditor and Contributors ListIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (388 pages)
• Subjects: 959.704/3; History -- Military -- Vietnam War; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Sources; History -- Military -- United States; History -- Reference; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216161943
• Related ISBNs: 9781610691031
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